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Old Time Music with

Dave & Will Elliot

Friday, July 6

8:30-9:30 p.m. This local father-and-son duo from just up the hill returns to Oxbow with great blue-grass tunes. Enjoy old-style duets and perhaps sing along with some favorites.

Birds of Prey of the Pacific Northwest

Saturday, July 7

8:30-9:30 p.m. Live birds of prey visit the campfire circle from the Audubon Society of Portland’s Wildlife Care Center. Find out cool raptor facts and see these beautiful birds up close.

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Ethnic Music Alive

Friday, July 13

8:30-9:30 p.m. Gerardo Calderón will explain how ancient cultures

from Latin America used natural resources to make

their own musical instruments, and the importance of

the music in ancient civilizations. Gerardo will play all

the instruments to show participants the different

textures and sounds from each instrument.

Margaret Eng’s Stories from the

People of the Pacific Northwest

Saturday, July 14

8:30-9:30 p.m. Native American stories from the people from Southern

Oregon to the base of Alaska. Stories and some of the

animal pelts will be shared during the evening.

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Music with Grupo Latitudes

Friday, July 20

8:30-9:30 p.m. Let traditional clothing, musical instruments and

singing to take you on a journey to different regions In

Central and South America. The music include pieces

from popular artists from Mexico to Argentina and

originals compositions from Tito Amaya (El Salvador)

and Grupo Latitudes.

Salmon Stories, Bear Tales and the

Legend of the Swallowing Monster

Saturday, July 21

8:30-9:30 p.m. Join master storyteller Will Hornyak for an evening of

Northwest myths, legends and tall tales. Will’s

storytelling never fails to please.

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Music by Lukas Borsten

Friday, July 27

8:30-9:30 p.m. Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Lukas Borsten channels a delightfully eclectic range of influences including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Elliott Smith and more. He plays in an energetic, heartfelt, lyric-driven folk style, incorporating originals, creative covers, stories, harmonica and even some saxophone into an always memorable night of music! When not performing solo he leads Portland-based band, Ghost Towns.

Trees, trees, trees!

Saturday, July 28

8:30-9:30 p.m. Join Gradey Proctor for an evening exploration of the trees that reside at Oxbow Park. Through story, ecology, ethnobotany and identification tips, we will illuminate our native trees in ways you never imagined. You'll come away with an understanding of the ways trees can teach us about place.

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Folk City Duo Friday, August 3

8:00-9:00 p.m. Enjoy sparkling instrumentals on hammered dulcimer

and guitar as Mick Doherty and Kevin Shay Johnson

play great traditional songs from the last few centuries.

Sing along with original songs penned here in Oregon

along with favorites from the likes of Woody Guthrie

and John Prine.

The Amazing Night Life of Bats Saturday, August 4

8:00-9:00 p.m. What’s faster than a speeding mosquito, more powerful

than bug repellent and able to navigate the deepest dark of

night? Bats! Naturalist Kim Wilson will share great bat

facts and images while we watch and listen for real live

bats.

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Music with Big Ron and Medium Ben

Friday, August 10

8 – 9 p.m. Ben is an accomplished player of guitar, slide guitar and

ukulele. Ron provides the backbone on upright bass. Let

them whisk you away with their musical style which

incorporates early country blues, jazz, western swing,

tin pan alley and hapa haole.

Stories from the Far East with Alton

Chung

Saturday, August 11

8 – 9 p.m. Come on a journey to the Far East and hear storyteller

Alton Takiyama-Chung tell folktales from countries

across the Pacific Ocean. Hear treasured folktales which

have been told and retold for hundreds of years from

far off places like Japan, China and Korea.

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Music with Yohannes Murphy

Friday, August 17

8 – 9 p.m. Yohannes Murphy is an upbeat and energetic

performer living in the Portland Metro area. Yohannes

sings and plays the ukulele and his program is family-

friendly, interactive and fun for all ages.

Music with Passionfruit

Saturday, August 5

8 – 9 p.m. Passionfruit plays afro-melodic grooves sung through

metal, wood, larynx, string and hide.

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Music with Conjunto Maier

Friday, August 24

8 – 9 p.m. Conjunto Maier plays both traditional and modern Caribbean dance music from son to bolero, and salsa to cumbia. This iteration of Conjunto Maier features Dina Martínez (lead vocals, hand-percussion), Handy Martínez (congas, vocals) and Ethan Maier (keyboard, vocals).

Bears!

Saturday, August 25

8 – 9 p.m. No camping trip is complete without a good bear story. Join author, artist and tracker Linda Jo Hunter for lively bear tales collected from years of tracking and guiding people to see bears in the wild. Is it possible to get over our fear of bears? Learn how the professionals use respect, bear body language and knowledge of bear motivations to deal safely with wild bears and camp with these amazing creatures.

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Green Tambourine

Friday, August 31

8 – 9 p.m. Green Tambourine plays the hits of the 1960s. Using tight vocal harmonies, multiple instruments and vibrant energy, they bring the spirit and fun of the Beatles, Ronettes, Mamas and the Papas and more!

Oregon Shadow Theatre presents

"Jack and the Dragon, An American

Fairy Tale"

Saturday, September 1

8:30 – 9:30 p.m. The King and Princess Polly have varmint trouble. Might be a pesky Unicorn. Could be a cantankerous Giant Hog. Maybe a Fire-Breathing Dragon. Who can deal with these troublesome varmints? Why, Little Man Jack, of course, the world champion varmint whacker! Colorful shadow puppets and live banjo and hammer dulcimer music bring this Appalachian fairy tale to life.